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Colombia seizes uranium from leftist guerrillas
Attero Dominatus:
--- Quote ---Colombia seizes uranium from leftist guerrillas
27 Mar 2008 03:16:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Hugh Bronstein
BOGOTA, March 26 (Reuters) - Colombia said it seized at least 66 pounds (30 kg) of uranium from the country's biggest left-wing rebel group on Wednesday, the first time radioactive material has been linked to the four-decade-old guerrilla war.
The uranium was found in a rural area long considered a Marxist guerrilla stronghold just south of the capital Bogota.
It is being examined by government experts, the defense ministry said in a statement, although it did not say where the material came from or what it could be used for.
An expert on Colombia's cocaine-fueled conflict said rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, do not have the facilities needed to make a bomb with uranium.
"This appears to have been part of a black market operation that the guerrillas were trying to use to make money," said Pablo Casas, an analyst at Bogota think-tank Security and Democracy.
"This is new for Colombia and could bring the FARC into the major leagues of black market terrorist transactions," he said.
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More: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26296862.htm
Mr Mannn:
Dirty bombs coming our way.
--------Just another reason to vote for Mccain. He is the only one running who will fight the terrorists. Its the only reason I'm voting for him.
God help us if Obama/Jimmy Carter II gets elected.
How many Americans will die because of Liberal incompetence?
JohnMatrix:
--- Quote from: Mr Mannn on March 29, 2008, 06:08:03 PM ---Dirty bombs coming our way.
--------Just another reason to vote for Mccain. He is the only one running who will fight the terrorists. Its the only reason I'm voting for him.
God help us if Obama/Jimmy Carter II gets elected.
How many Americans will die because of Liberal incompetence?
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lol, McCain would do exactly what Bush did in this circumstance. Nothing.
NHSparky:
So now you're privvy to what's being done behind the scenes? You have insight as to what's being done at CIA and elsewhere?
Wow, you must be a friggin HOOT at parties.
SSG Snuggle Bunny:
WWRPD?
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